Another social media sacking

An interior designer who used a social networking site to try to connect with potential customers for his out-of-hours business has been sacked by his day job.

Bradford Pedley’s main employer, Canberra design firm peckvonhartel, sacked Mr Pedley hours after hearing about the LinkedIn email, which pledged to expand his fledgling business ”to a full-time design practice”.

So although this was not a post that involved bullying or illegal activity, the employer took exception to the employee’s post which resulted in dismissal. A reminder of how powerful social media can be and how we all must think before we post.